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Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Know My Name

Chanel Miller

384 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0oliviasbooktalk's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

300 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0oliviasbooktalk's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

The Undocumented Americans

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

185 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0oliviasbooktalk's review
nonfiction memoir politics challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

176 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0oliviasbooktalk's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Book Censor's Library by Bothayna Al-Essa

The Book Censor's Library

Bothayna Al-Essa

261 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0oliviasbooktalk's review
fiction dystopian dark reflective medium-paced
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

Hanif Abdurraqib

285 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0oliviasbooktalk's review
nonfiction essays memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Message

Ta-Nehisi Coates

235 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0oliviasbooktalk's review
nonfiction essays politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Forest of Noise: Poems by Mosab Abu Toha

Forest of Noise: Poems

Mosab Abu Toha

80 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0oliviasbooktalk's review
nonfiction memoir poetry dark emotional reflective fast-paced
The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue

The Rachel Incident

Caroline O'Donoghue

289 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0oliviasbooktalk's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary romance emotional funny reflective medium-paced
The Wedding People by Alison Espach

The Wedding People

Alison Espach

363 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0oliviasbooktalk's review
fiction contemporary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced